Danny DeVito declined to audition for Phil, so Edward Asner, Ernest Borgnine, Bob Hoskins, Joe Pesci, Martin Scorsese, John Rhys-Davies, Ray Winstone, Robert De Niro, Peter O'Toole, Jerry Stiller, John Cusack, Mel Brooks, Bill Murray, Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Jason Alexander, Al Pacino, and Dick Latessa were brought in to read for the part. After Red Buttons had auditioned, he left stating "I know what you're gonna do. You're gonna give this part to Danny DeVito!" Shortly after, the directors and producer Alice Dewey Goldstone approached DeVito at a pasta lunch during the filming of Matilda 6 mitica (1996), where DeVito signed on to the role.

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